The mixer sparked new collaborations and friendships among trainees and laid the groundwork for future partnerships. Following its success, Rutgers will host the next BHI × PNI Mixer on March 27, 2026, continuing this exciting new tradition.
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Co-organized by Dr. Jaclyn Eisdorfer, Maia Choi, Hannah Nacht, and Dr. Dan Vahaba, the event fostered meaningful cross-institutional interactions through lab tours, engaging discussions, and lively trivia and bingo competitions. @princetonneuro.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social

Dr. Frank’s talk, “Frontosubthalamic Control over Motivated Action,” will spark innovative dialogue at the intersection of computational #neuroscience, decision-making, and basal ganglia circuits — key to understanding motivated behaviors and disorders such as Parkinson’s disease.

Her talk at the NJACE & RUCARES Annual Conference argued for a simple shift with a big impact: don’t treat adulthood as one stage, and we need to go beyond surveys if we want to understand and diagnose autism in adults.

At the Rutgers Brain Health Institute, we actively collaborate with leading researchers to advance groundbreaking #neuroscience discoveries.

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As she put it, “Our need is really… really big, but our reach right now is pretty small.” The fix: scale what already works.

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